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31/03/2010

Personal stories behind the news from all over the world. With Roger Hearing.

TB in India's slums; Former "Sun" Editor's regrets; California's "Raging Grannies"

Personal stories behind the news from all over the world. With Roger Hearing.

TB in India's slums; Former "Sun" Editor's regrets; California's "Raging Grannies"

TB in India
In India 2 people die from tuberculosis every three minutes. Although basic TB is treatable with cheap drugs available from free government health centres, an increasing number of people are developing drug resistant TB strains. For Outlook, Anna Cunningham meets some of the people living in Mumbai's poorest areas who are directly affected by TB.

David Yelland
The former Editor of Britain's highest selling daily newspaper, the Sun, tells Roger Hearing about success, ambition and his own struggle with alcoholism, coping with his wife's death and being a single parent.

Raging Grannies
California's "Raging Grannies" put the world to rights by singing protest songs and dressing up in floral frocks with floppy hats. Laura Hubber joins them as they protest against the big banks in the land of opportunity.

25 minutes

Last on

Thu 1 Apr 2010 12:05GMT

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  • Wed 31 Mar 2010 21:05GMT
  • Thu 1 Apr 2010 02:05GMT
  • Thu 1 Apr 2010 09:05GMT
  • Thu 1 Apr 2010 12:05GMT

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